Car-replacer



(No Model.)-

J. M. DONNB'LLY.

UNITED STATES y PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN MAXVELL DONNELLY, OF NEIHART, MONTANA.

CAR-REPLACER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent'No. 46 4,432, dated December 1, 1891.

Application tiled JuneZ, 1891. Serial No. 397,511. (No model.) l

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN MAXWELL DON- NELLY, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Neihart, in the county of Meagher and State of Montana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Oar- Replacers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of ref` erenoe marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to improvements in car-replacers.

The object of the invention is to provide means for replacing derailed cars, the device being reversible, so as to be used on either rail.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure l is a plan view showing the device applied to the railway-rails. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view taken on the line fc x of Fig. 1, the reversible plate D being removed. Fig. 3 is an inverted plan view. Fig. 4 is a side view, and Fig. 5 is a front elevation.

A A designate the railway-track rails, to which the device is secured.

B designates a metal plate, which converges toward the front end and is provided with side anges b b, which extend upward for a suitable distance. The plate is tapered at its rear end and increases gradually in thickness toward its front, where it is provided with two upwardly-projecting blocks C C, thev rear edges of which are slightly curved for the better connection therewith of a reversible plate D. The under side of the plate B has a suitable filling E, preferably of wood, which base-plate, which is provided with a thumbscrew for securing the bar in place against the web of the rail.

Perforations g are formed in the plate B near its rear end, through which passes a bolt for adj ustably connecting thereto an arm G, the outer end of which is bent to engage with the opposite rail. By means of this arm and the clamp, consisting of the block d and sliding bar f, the plate B is secured to the rails A A, and the angle of the plate may be varied to suit the exigencies of the case with respect to the car-wheels it is desired to replace. A ba'r H is secured to the plate B adjacent to one of the side flanges by means of bolts h and z', and said bar tapers rearwardly, as shown, the front end being so located that a space is left between the same and the projection O, through which the flange of the wheel will pass and be guided to the rail A. Then the wheel moves on the plate B, it will first contact with the hypotenuse of the triangular block D and be guided thereby to the bar I-I. f

It will be noted that the parts G, D, and II can be shifted from one side of the plate to the other to adapt the device to the other track when required.

An ordinary bridge can be used in connection With this device to replace the Wheel on the other track, or another one of my improvements can be applied for the purpose.

Having thus described 'my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to vsecure by Letters Patent, is

l. In a car-replacer, a plate B, provided at its front end with a pivoted block and adjacent thereto a clamp for securing the front end to a rail, an arm secured near the rear end of the plate for engagement with the opposite rail, and the plate B, having side auges and ways for the car-wheel, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, in a car-replacer, of a plate B, having means for securing the same to the rails, said plate having side flanges b b and raised portions C C, forming guideways at the front end of the plate,'a removable bar H, inclined at each end, and a triangular reversible block D,substantial1y as set forth.

inclined ends, the partsbeing constructed :vo

3. In a car-replacer, the Combination of the substantially as set forth. v

In testimony whereof l affix my signature in plate B, tapered and provided with a base E, presence ot' two witnesses.

side flanges, as shown, blocks C C, adjacent i f to the front ends of said anges, pivoted JOHN MAXWELL DOIN NELLY' blocks cl d, rests e e, through which a sliding Vitnesses:

bar passes, a reversible plate D, secured to LORENZO C. MOCANN,

the plate B, and a removable bar H, having l JAMES HENRY THOMPSON. 

